Events in the year 1971 in Israel.
Incumbents
President of Israel – Zalman Shazar
Prime Minister of Israel – Golda Meir (Alignment) President of the Supreme Court – Shimon Agranat Chief of General Staff – Haim Bar-Lev Government of Israel – 15th Government of Israel
Events
15 May – Three members of the Turkish Liberation Army, an underground militant organization linked to the PLO, kidnapped and executed Israeli consul-general Efraim Elrom in Ankara. 25 May – The body of Efraim Elrom is found in Istanbul.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1971 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1971 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1971 include:
Unknown dates
The founding of the kibbutz El Rom.
Notable births
15 January – Inbal Perlmutter, Israeli musician (died 1997). 30 January – Assaf Amdursky, Israeli singer. 13 February – Alon Harazi, Israeli footballer. 7 March – Tal Banin, Israeli footballer. 12 April – Eyal Golan, Israeli singer.
Notable deaths
4 April – Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (born 1910), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician. 6 June – Yitzhak Tabenkin (born 1888), Russian (Belarus)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician. 10 July – Chaim Sheba (born 1908), Austro-Hungarian (Bukovina)-born Israeli physician. 19 July – Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky (born 1901), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician and Religious Zionist activist. 7 August – Yitzhak-Meir Levin (born 1893), Russian (Poland)-born Haredi Jewish Polish and Israeli politician, an Israeli government minister and a former leader of Agudat Israel. 28 August – Reuvein Margolies (born 1889), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar. 1 September – Mordechai Ofer (born 1924), Polish-born Israeli politician. 17 October – Shimon Bejarano (born 1910), Bulgarian-born Israeli politician. 12 December – Yechezkel Kutscher (born 1909), Austro-Hungarian (Slovakia)-born Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist. Full date unknown Yehoshua Bertonov (born 1879), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli stage actor. Hillel Oppenheimer (born 1899), German-born Israeli professor of botany.